Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

by Eddie Robson

English language

Published 2023 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-80735-9

(3 reviews)

Lydia works as translator for the Logi cultural attaché to Earth. They work well together, even if the act of translating his thoughts into English makes her somewhat wobbly on her feet. She's not the agency's best translator, but what else is she going to do? She has no qualifications, and no discernible talent in any other field.

So when tragedy strikes, and Lydia finds herself at the center of an intergalactic incident, her future employment prospects look dire--that is, if she can keep herself out of jail!

But Lydia soon discovers that help can appear from the most unexpected source...

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Julie R reviewed Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

the twistiest page-turner

4 stars

This grabbed me and didn't let go. I do wish there'd been a page at the end--just one scene--where someone involved explained to someone less involved exactly what happened and why. Really spelled it out for those of us who loved the ride but might have gotten a little dizzy along the way. Very Inception in that sense, no hand-holding which I admire, but could have used...just a little.

The concepts were brilliant. I loved all the questions this brought to my mind about deepfakes and truth and the power of culture and who controls it.

Martijn Reintjes reviewed Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson

Review of 'Drunk on All Your Strange New Words' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

"But she doesn’t mind. She likes the weird."

Cool detective story wrapped into a post climate apocalypse world where aliens have come to visit and the only way to communicate with them is through thought.

kgajos

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Aug 14